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Monday, September 26, 2016

Judge O'Scannlain to take senior status

SAN FRANCISCO – Circuit Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain of the United
States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit notified President Barack
Obama today that he will assume senior status on December 31, 2016. The
notification occurred on the 30th
anniversary of Judge O’Scannlain’s
appointment to the court by President Ronald Reagan.

Among Oregonians
to have sat on the Ninth Circuit bench, Judge O’Scannlain has the longest
tenure of active service since Judge William Gilbert, who was appointed in
1892 by President Benjamin Harrison.
In taking senior status, Judge O’Scannlain,79, will retain his chambers in
Portland’s Pioneer Courthouse, but with decreased caseload and travel
burdens. The next president will nominate a successor to Judge O’Scannlain’s seat on the Ninth
Circuit.